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It’s Constitution Week!
1 CommentSept. 17, 2023 –Every year, as promulgated by a law passed by Congress in 1956, we the people are urged to study and celebrate the crafting of our Constitution, which is outstanding for its durability and success in guiding our nation. While the post below was written six years ago, […]Read More »
Reminder: Hamilton Zoom Event Tomorrow!
1 CommentHamilton’s Report on Manufactures: The Ideas That Shaped Our World In December of 1791, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton issued one of the most important state papers in U.S. history, his Report on the Subject of Manufactures. That paper defined principles of political economy which were the foundation for defending […]Read More »
Meriting Mercy in Times of War
1 CommentGeneral Grant’s Lesson for All Generations (Sept. 8, 2023–The following article first appeared in the Summer 2023 edition of The Banner, Journal of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, vol. 127, no. 4.[1] It is reprinted with permission. For additional material on this subject on this blog, […]Read More »
New Class on FDR’s New Deal
4 CommentsAugust 29, 2023—Ninety years ago, incoming President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the New Deal, one of the most transformative economic programs the United States has ever seen. But what was the New Deal? Ask some Americans and they will tell you it was “socialist” big government and the source of […]Read More »
Paterson Museum to Sponsor Spannaus Talk
1 CommentLecture Series Returns with Presentation about Alexander Hamilton August 17, 2023–The Paterson Museum Foundation invites you to join us on Zoom on Tuesday, September 12th at 7pm as public historian and author of Hamilton Versus Wall Street Nancy Spannaus presents “Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures: The Ideas That Shaped Our World.” […]Read More »
Hamilton Talk Coming to Loudoun Museum
1 CommentWhat: A Book Talk on Alexander Hamilton by Nancy Spannaus, author of Hamilton Versus Wall Street When: Thursday, September 7, 6:30 pm. Where: The Loudoun Museum, 16 Loudoun Street, SW, Leesburg Registration: Author Talk with Nancy Spannaus | Loudoun Museum Free Learn more about the real importance of Alexander Hamilton, […]Read More »
The Case for Hamilton Versus Slavery
1 CommentA Report on my July 16 speech at Hamilton Grange By Nancy Spannaus Aug. 2, 2023—It was my honor to present the case for Alexander Hamilton’s opposition to slavery in a presentation at New York City’s Hamilton Grange sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Awareness (AHA) Society and the National Park […]Read More »
Hamilton Shaped Lincoln’s Economics
1 CommentA Report on a Lecture by Nancy Spannaus to a Treasury Group By Nancy Spannaus July 22, 2022—The following is the text I prepared for a Zoom presentation to the Treasury Historical Association on July 19. While I have covered certain aspects of this story in a number of blog […]Read More »